Source: Interpol 1995; Kangaspunta 1995. Data are for 1992 unless indicated.
The Costs of Crime - Who Pays and How Much? 1998 Update
by Paul Brantingham
and Stephen T. Easton

Contents

About the authors
Preface
Introduction
Crime in Canada

What is a crime?
How do we know what the crime rate is?
International patterns of crime
Canadian patterns of crime

Profiles of the victims

Victims of crime are most often young
Victims of crime are most often men
Lifestyles and risk
Income
Minority groups

Profiles of the offenders

Offenders are most often young
Offenders are most often men
Lower income, education, and status
Minority groups

Fear of crime

How long will crime rates fall?

Losses from crime in Canada

Property crime
Violent crime
Summary of losses due to major crimes

Prevention and punishment of crime

Clearance rates
Prosecution
Sentencing
Prisons

Cost of policing, security, and justice

Policing and the crime rate
Cost of private security and public policing
Cost of the courts
Cost of correctional institutions
Summary of the costs of crime and punishment

Notes
References

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